Jurgen Klopp has backed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to become Manchester United’s next permanent manager.
Solskjaer is at the Red Devils on an interim basis until the end of the season but there have been numerous calls to give him the job full time.
The Norwegian has won 11 of his first 13 matches in charge and the only blemish came with a 2-0 loss against Paris Saint Germain in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 encounter.
Liverpool travel to Old Trafford on Sunday for an important match in the Premier League.
The Reds won the reverse fixture at Anfield in December 3-1, which was the last game in charge for Jose Mourinho.
Speaking ahead of the match, Liverpool boss Klopp said: “He has the quality and he had the luck in the right moment, he’s in charge and there is no doubt that he will be the manager next year as well, that’s clear.
“Can you imagine one situation when they say ‘We are bringing in another manager’? Then a new manager will lose one game and that’s not possible.
“He deserves that 100 per cent. He did everything that you have to do to be successful with them.
“The way they play is obviously different. Everything what I could say now is people make a story that it sounds like I’m disrespectful towards Jose Mourinho and there’s no reason for that because he’s an outstanding manager.
“It looked like in the end they had a difficult time together and they found a solution for them to improve the situation and that obviously worked out since Ole is there.
“Sometimes that’s how it is, you need some changes and in football it’s very often the manager. In this case obviously, it helped.”
Solskjaer’s previous managerial experience before taking the reins had come at his native Molde either side of an ill-fated stint at Cardiff.
Yet Klopp pointed out that experience has to be earned and that Solskjaer, as a former United striker, has taken advantage of his opportunity.
Klopp added: “We all need luck in our life and managerial careers. When I went from Mainz to Dortmund, people said I had no international experience – that was true.
“But it’s not something you can buy or whatever, you have to make it.
“If Ole is not a former player of Manchester United then he will not have made the move from Norway to Manchester United, that’s clear.
“But if you get the chance, you have to use it and of course he’s showed everything that you need together with his coaches, they have made a few smart decisions. It worked out.”
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